“Doctor Vera” is a novella about a young surgeon, Vera Treshkova, who decided to stay with her patients in the occupied Upper Volga region. The city is under bombardment, and the number of wounded in the wards is growing, while medicines and food become ever scarcer. Moreover, Vera risks every day by hiding wounded soldiers within the hospital walls—thereby violating the laws established by the occupying authorities…
The main character of the novella “Anuta,” Captain Vladimir Mechetniy, recalls how fate brought him together with the medic Anuta during the crossing of the Oder. Brave Anuta pulled a heavily wounded captain out from under shellfire and cared for him for months until he recovered from his severe injuries. Almost losing his sight, Mechetniy didn’t even see her face—but in his memory her bright image remained forever.